2014 Event President Obama meets with the Dalai Lama for the third time despite protests from China and warnings that the meeting could threaten diplomatic relations 2012 Event China's Premier Wen Jiabao blames the Dalai Lama for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C. despite a warning from the People's Republic of China 2011 Event Exiled Tibetans are banned from celebrating the Dalai Lama's birthday; Nepalese authorities fear the gatherings would become anti-Chinese 2011 Event The Tibetan parliament will seek the Tibetan community's opinion after the Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics 2011 Event The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejects the 14th Dalai Lama's submitted resignation as Head of State of the Central Tibetan Administration 2011 Event The 14th Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan exile movement, plans to retire within days 2011 Event In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 1995 Event Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1994 Event French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche 1986 Event Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India 1959 Event Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1959 Event 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama 1959 Event Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1951 Event Dalai Lama returns to Tibet 1951 Event Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing 1950 Event Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists 1910 Event Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 1904 Event Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
